Towards an adaptive model to personalise open learning environments using learning styles

Proceedings of 2014 International Conference on Information, Communication Technology and System, ICTS 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 183-188

  Fasihuddin, Heba ^a   Skinner, Geoff ^a   Athauda, Rukshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive systems; learning styles; MOOCs; open learning; personalization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

COGNITIVE SCIENCE; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING MATERIALS; LEARNING STYLE; MOOCS; OPEN LEARNING; PERSONALIZATIONS; THEORY OF LEARNING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84988304477     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTS.2014.7010580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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